This week is the last chance to register your son or daughter up for Tee-Ball and Rookie Baseball/Softball leagues through the Solon Recreation Department. Tee-Ball is for boys and girls currently in kindergarten or entering kindergarten in the Fall of 2013. Coach pitch baseball and softball is for boys and girls age seven and eight. Registration for all youth programs can be done online at https://solon-iowa.cogran.com. Forms can also be found on the City of Solon’s website at solon-iowa.com.

SOLON– Old Gold Dining will be hosting a fourth grade class on Wednesday, April 24.
There are usually 22 students that come, and organizers would like to have at least one senior citizen for each student. Non-seniors are also welcome with a reservation and a payment of $5 for the meal. Please try to join this fun occasion and visit with these young Solon school students. Call 624-2251 before noon the day before to make reservations. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m., so plan to arrive by 11:15 a.m. The class that is scheduled to come this month is 4C.

SOLON– May is senior month and the Solon Senior Advocates are seeking nominations for Solon Senior of the Year. Send in your written nomination of the person you feel best fits the criteria of this award, someone who has given of themselves in service to the community through volunteerism, enhancing the well-being of others or someone always ready to assist or provide help when needed. Your nominee should live in Solon or the immediate area and be over 60 years of age.

SOLON– The board was evenly split.
Solon school board members Dean Martin and Lianne Westcot favored a later start date for the 2014-2015 school year. Members Dan Coons and Dick Schwab supported starting a week earlier.
The decision was left to board president Dave Asprey.

Million dollar marathon stretches from Washington to Delaware this summer

SUTLIFF– When Sarah Brannaman of Sutliff competes in her first-ever marathon this summer, it will have special meaning.
Brannaman, 42, has survived multiple occurrences of cancer, and her run this summer is part of the Million Dollar Marathon Coast to Coast for Cancer event.
The run is presented by the Above and Beyond Cancer charity.
Brannaman is part of a team led by Kortney Moel of Lisbon. The two work together at ACT in Iowa City.

SOLON– The cause of last Thursday’s fire at an industrial condo in Solon is still under investigation, but assistant fire chief Scott Wolfe reported over the weekend the dollar loss will be huge.
Firefighters from around the area assisted Thursday morning when an industrial condominium on Solon’s south side became engulfed in flames.
The Solon Fire Department was called to the multiple-unit industrial condo located at 200 Windflower Ln. east of Highway 1 at 10:08 a.m. Thursday.
Wolfe said dispatchers could offer only that a paint booth was on fire.

PART TWO

This is the second part of a look at Hawkeye football and spring practice.
Last week I talked about the depth and experience of the offensive line.
This week I’ll look at the tight ends, wide receivers and a new position called Y-back.
The Y-back will be a combination of tight end and blocking fullback.
The tight end position should be as good and deep as the offensive line.
Zach Derby is the only graduate, but when you talk about senior C.J. Fiedorowicz (6-7, 265) as your starting tight end, you are in pretty good shape.

Allen Arthur Graf, 92, formerly of Olin, passed away April 5, 2013. Memorial Service and visitation were held April 20 at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin. Burial was in Olin Cemetery.
Allen was born to Walter and Christine Graf on a farm in rural Hale Township in December 1920. Allen grew up in Olin and attended a country school near Hale and Olin Consolidated School, graduating in 1938.

Walter “Pete” Lanning, 78, of Delhi, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Good Neighbor Home. Funeral Services were held April 13 at Delhi United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Michael Druhl. Burial, with military honors, was in Evergreen Cemetery, Delhi.